Across batches, the story remains the same, the participants differ. The Class of 1990, of Sainik School Kazhakootam have been buddies who were thick as thieves, regardless of life taking us to places and domains that slowly gives one a different set of tethers and mainstays, spun and seasoned for purposes more domestic, more profound. We have managed to track down half of the band of brothers, and the other still remains enticingly out-of-reach.